My white betta, Herme, I've had for about a year. Keep him in a 5 gallon tank, with heater, no filter, do weekly water changes adding salt, and vacuum the poop from the gravel. I've battled small bouts of fin rot here and there but he has been healthy otherwise. I noticed a few months back his color started to change from white to an eggyolk color as well as a few red dots appearing on his fins. He was acting normal, being social, eating quickly, etc.. so I decided to keep an eye on it and see. Recently, the red dots have spread from a few on his larger fins, to a lot on all his fins. He is still eating fine and acting normal, but I just want to make sure it isn't the start of a bigger problem. His body and gills are not effected, just lots of red dots on his fins. If anyone has any ideas, I'd like to head this off before it gets worse. I love my fish and don't want him to be sick!

I'd say he has the dalmatian gene and is finally "spotting" up :) Or he is slowly marbling. Most light colored bettas tend to become red as they age if they don't have the right combination of genes.. But he looks healthy!

Wow! You guys are great. You made my week! A dalmation, who knew? Well you guys did! This is my second Betta and it's amazing how worked up you can get worrying about these little fellas. Thanks for the tip on the salt too, I'll cut back on the application.

But yeah, like I said, only if for sure you know he is sick should you use it. He doesnt need it right now, and he will build up an immunity too it, so when you do need it, it wont have as much of an effect, kind of thing. :)